Tim O'Brien

Singer-Songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Tim O'Brien was the founder of the influential modern Bluegrass band Hot Rize, as well as their humorous Western Swing alter-egos Red Knuckles and the Trailblazers. He is a master of the guitar, mandolin, and fiddle, and since the demise of Hot Rize has recorded a number of albums as both leader and sideman, as well as written a hit song for country star Kathy Mattea.